The history of the division of Bucharest into sectors
According to history, the first form of administrative organization known to Bucharest was that of nets, at the end of the century XVIII. More precisely, in 1898 there were five nets: Targul, Podul Mogosoaiei, Gorganul, Brostenii and Targul de fra. At the beginning of the 19th century, somewhere between 1806 and 1812, ficare received a color: red, yellow, black, green and blue.
The smallest of the five was the Red territory, which included the commercial center and a narrow portion of the right bank of the Dambovita. It would be abolished at the beginning of the 20th century, and its territory distributed to the other four.
After the First World War, the population of the capital grew significantly, as did the surface of the capital, and thus a town hall was established for each color. Each town hall was led by a mayor and a communal council. The person who coordinates the activity of the four colors and enters the municipal administration was the general mayor.
The four colors became eight districts following the administrative law of 1950. They were, in order: Grivita Rosie, December 30, May 1, August 23, Tudor Vladimirescu , Nicolae Balcescu, V.I Lenin and February 16. The smallest was the 23 August district, and the largest, in terms of area, 30 December.
It was only in 1968 that the districts became sectors and received serial numbers instead of names. In 1979, more precisely on August 1, Decree no. 284/1979 transforms the 8 sectors into 6, by merging sectors 2 and 3 and 1 and 8.